{"id":8123,"date":"2018-06-03T12:43:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T11:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=8123"},"modified":"2018-06-03T12:43:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T11:43:42","slug":"simon-cowell-ditches-phone-for-10-months-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8123","title":{"rendered":"Simon Cowell ditches phone for 10 months \u2013 and counting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8124\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8124 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Simon-Cowell-said-he-was-irritated-by-how-much-he-was-using-his-phone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Simon-Cowell-said-he-was-irritated-by-how-much-he-was-using-his-phone.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Simon-Cowell-said-he-was-irritated-by-how-much-he-was-using-his-phone-410x230.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simon Cowell said he was irritated by how much he was using his phone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Simon Cowell has revealed he hasn\u2019t used his mobile phone for 10 months \u2013 saying the change was \u201cso good\u201d for his mental health.<\/p>\n<p>The media mogul\u00a0told the Mail on Sunday\u00a0he became irritated with how often he was using his phone.<\/p>\n<p>The 58-year-old said he has \u201cbecome way more focused\u201d and \u201caware of the people around me\u201d since giving up his device.<\/p>\n<p>He said being without his phone was a \u201cstrange experience\u201d but \u201chas absolutely made me happier\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI literally have not been on my phone for 10 months,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing I get irritated with is when you have a meeting, everyone\u2019s on their phone \u2013 and I was probably in that place too. You can\u2019t concentrate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been so good for my mental health. It\u2019s a very strange experience but it really is good for you and it has absolutely made me happier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0survey by Deloitte in 2017\u00a0found 55% of phone users check their device within 15 minutes of waking up \u2013 while 41% believed their partner used a mobile too much.<\/p>\n<p>And in March, it was announced that an app that rewards students for time spent away from their phones\u00a0is being released at 170 universities in the UK\u00a0after proving popular in Scandinavia.<\/p>\n<p>Other celebrities to have\u00a0reportedly shunned mobiles\u00a0include Elton John, Tyra Banks, Tom Cruise and Sarah Jessica Parker.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Cowell has revealed he hasn\u2019t used his mobile phone for 10 months \u2013 saying the change was \u201cso good\u201d for his mental health. The media mogul\u00a0told the Mail on Sunday\u00a0he became irritated with how often he was using his phone. The 58-year-old said he has \u201cbecome way more focused\u201d and \u201caware of the people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Simon Cowell ditches phone for 10 months \u2013 and counting - Kumasi Online TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8123\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Simon Cowell ditches phone for 10 months \u2013 and counting - Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Simon Cowell has revealed he hasn\u2019t used his mobile phone for 10 months \u2013 saying the change was \u201cso good\u201d for his mental health. 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